Abstract
Anticholinergic medications are associated with adverse cognitive effects in cognitively normal and impaired individuals, with a greater magnitude of effect observed in individuals with preexisting cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer disease.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Alzheimer Disease* / complications
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Alzheimer Disease* / physiopathology
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Cholinergic Antagonists* / administration & dosage
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Cholinergic Antagonists* / adverse effects
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Cholinergic Antagonists* / therapeutic use
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Cognition / drug effects*
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Humans
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Inappropriate Prescribing*